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POLITICSJun 26Can China’s strict policing model ‘silence the guns’ in Africa?As China’s relationship with African countries deepens, the country’s influence is spreading into more areas. In this series Jevans Nyabiage looks at an initiative to help control weapons and reduce conflict in a region where Beijing has vast economic interests. China is marketing its strict policing and arms control expertise as a blueprint to stabilise Africa’s conflict-torn Great Lakes region, leveraging its reputation as one of the world’s safest countries. Earlier this month, China and the...South China Morning Post

BUSINESSJun 23Is China’s risk tolerance reaching its limit with pause of African mine deal?As China’s relationship with African countries has deepened, the country’s influence is spreading into more areas. In the latest of a series of articles, Dulue Mbachu investigates the extent of Chinese investments in the continent and Beijing’s growing wariness about their security. Chinese regulators balked at Zijin Mining’s planned US$4 billion acquisition of Canadian company Allied Gold, placing it on hold to scrutinise the potential risks. As a result, the agreement for the deal, already...South China Morning Post

WORLDJun 23China and Africa’s evolving partnershipSouth China Morning Post

POLITICSJun 21Why neither the poor nor the rich are sleeping peacefully in Nigeria – Missionary Oscar AmaechinaThe drivers of insecurity in Nigeria are multi-dimensional and include poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, weak governance, corruption, ethnicity, religious extremism and marginalisation The post Why neither the poor nor the rich are sleeping peacefully in Nigeria – Missionary Oscar Amaechina appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.Premium Times

WORLDJun 16The Other Face of China’s Rise: Plunder, Poison, and Exile in Southern AfricaWhile sectors of global progressivism celebrate China as a counterweight to the Western order, communities in Zambia’s Copperbelt count their dead, their destroyed crops, and their poisoned rivers. The post The Other Face of China’s Rise: Plunder, Poison, and Exile in Southern Africa appeared first on Left Voice .leftvoice · united states of america